Men’s basketball gameday capsule: USF at UConn

Published 5:56 pm, Saturday, March 5, 2016

UConn senior Shonn Miller, right, will be honored in a ceremony before today’s game against South Florida.

UConn senior Shonn Miller, right, will be honored in a ceremony before today’s game against South Florida.

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Men’s basketball gameday capsule: USF at UConn

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The UConn men’s basketball team hosts USF on Sunday.

• When: Sunday, 2 p.m.

• Where: Gampel Pavilion

• Records: UCF 12-16 (6-11 AAC), UConn 20-10 (10-7 AAC)

• TV: ESPNU

• Radio: WTIC-1080

KEEP AN EYE ON

• Senior moments: Seniors Omar Calhoun, Phil Nolan and walk-on Nnamdi Amilo, as well as grad transfers Shonn Miller and Sterling Gibbs, will be honored in a pregame ceremony in their final regular-season home game. Calhoun and Nolan were sophomores on the 2014 national championship team. Nolan even started throughout the entire postseason run. Both have been relegated largely to the bench over the past two seasons, but will likely start on Sunday.

• Bubble boys: Despite losing three of their last four games, including an embarrassing 26-point blowout loss at SMU on Thursday, the Huskies are still on the NCAA tournament bubble. ESPN bracketologist Joe Lunardi had UConn as a No. 11 seed playing in a “first four” play-in game in Dayton, Ohio. The Huskies obviously must beat UCF, then probably win at least a game or two in the AAC tournament to ensure an NCAA tourney bid.

•.We meet again?: UConn will be the No. 5 seed in the AAC tournament and will play on Friday at 2 p.m. at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida against the No. 4 seed. That will likely be Cincinnati, which has defeated the Huskies twice already this season. Tulsa (which has split with UConn this season) could also end up being the No. 4 seed. Loser of that 4-5 game will be ticketed to the NIT, no doubt.